Faith in The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

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In life, empty, forsaken, lonely people in dire need of help put their faith toward God or a significant individual. A current example includes the 10 year old boy released by his kidnapper after singing a gospel song for hours. In Mark Twain’s The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Joan Arc, a teenage French military commander shows faith whenever she goes to battle or is about to face death. Eventually she gets captured and even though she will die she continues to keep her faith in God. By showing the effects of faith on Joan of Arc and her comrades, Mark Twain illustrates his belief that the value of an intense personal faith is important in everyone’s life.
Twain first portrays the importance of faith when Joan of Arc is afraid of what the English will do to France. While talking to the priest, Joan says that “…I believe the Christian faith and that God has redeemed us from the fires of hell…” (64). Twain incorporates this quote early on in the story in order to show the faith that Joan of Arc possess as a leader. She puts her faith in God in order to find some comfort a...

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